EU funds spent on 'environmentally harmful' projects
02.02.12 @ 18:29
As many as 33 projects in central and eastern Europe funded with €16bn out of EU's regional policy coffers are "environmentally harmful", a coalition of NGOs has said.
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Brussels keen to redirect €82bn for jobs and growth
27.01.12 @ 17:37
The EU commission wants to redirect €82bn worth of structural funds to boost employment and growth, but experts say the measures are too vague and too small to make a difference.
EU to link regional funds to strict deficit rules
06.10.11 @ 17:41
The EU commission on Thursday proposed that from 2014 on, the bloc's structural funds be linked to strict budget deficit rules under the new economic governance legislation. Regional representatives and MEPs have criticsed the move.
Europe needs migrants despite the crisis, says commissioner
21.07.11 @ 09:18
Migrants are often an unexploited asset that national governments should be using to help lift their economies out of crisis, EU home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmstom has said, citing examples from her native Sweden.
Barroso launches Portuguese Capital of Culture against backdrop of budget cuts
24.01.12 @ 17:16
Portuguese city Guimaraes has launched the start of its year as European Capital of Culture against a backdrop of budget cuts which threaten to derail the success of the event.
EU to top up subsidies for troubled member states
01.08.11 @ 18:24
Cash-strapped Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Romania, Hungary and Latvia may get a €2.8 billion cash boost under an "emergency package" allowing them to have the EU contribution to farming, regional and infrastructure projects increased from 85 to 95 percent.
Serbian mayor fishing for €60mn in EU funds
08.07.11 @ 10:30
The city of Nis in south-eastern Serbia is trying to "take its future in its own hands" and attract up to €60 million a year in EU funds once the country starts membership talks.
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'Iron Curtain river' still divides the EU
30.06.11 @ 09:30
A floating conference on the Danube has highlighted the limits of cross-border co-operation in a region where the river used to represent the "Iron Curtain."
EU endorses 'Danube strategy' despite environmental concerns
13.04.11 @ 21:08
EU ministers have officially endorsed the EU commission's 'Danube strategy' aimed at improving navigation and cleaning up pollution on Europe's longest river, despite criticism that some of the targets clash with green policies at national level.
Middle East mayors unimpressed by EU reaction to uprisings
31.01.11 @ 09:27
The EU's response to the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt has been timid and unimpressive, with more democracy movements likely to pop up, said Middle Eastern mayors gathering in Morocco for a meeting with EU counterparts from across the Mediterranean.
Civil society reconquers Cyprus buffer zone
09.05.11 @ 09:43
One year ahead of the first ever Cypriot EU presidency, efforts to re-unite the country are now focusing on people-to-people contacts and joint history teaching in the buffer zone, rather than a grand political solution.
Prague and Bratislava richer than most old EU states
25.02.11 @ 09:22
The Prague region in the Czech Republic and the Bratislava region in Slovakia are among the richest in the EU. But by and large, the bloc still suffers from a massive east-west income gap.
Nordic countries huddle together as world gets bigger
06.12.10 @ 09:16
A Nato-style 'musketeer' clause and closer consular co-operation could form part of a new Nordic alliance, foreshadowing future developments inside the EU.
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